Detector-meter.



A. BLAUVELT,

DETECTOR METER;

APPLICATION FILED MARQZIVIQOT Patented Jan.3,1911.

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ALBERT BLAUVI ILT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.-

DETECTOR-METER,

I Specification of Letters Patent. 4

Patented Jan."3, 191-1.

Application filed March 21, 1507. Serial No. 363,775.

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of-Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and'useful Detector-Meter, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to hydraulic systems, andflmore' particularly to those in connection with which meters are employed. Its principalobjects are to provide such a system which w ll-measure 'a normal quan- .tity of fluid in the usual or any convenient -manner, and which'will permit a greater flow, as for a fire service, to pass unobstructed by the meter and yet to give an indication of its occurrence.

The drawingshows in vertical section a valve, together withassociated apparatus and-conduits, arranged in accordance with my invention,

g The character Adesignates a section of a main condult, of such area as to permitthe- The valve A is preferably of the check 4 type, it having a disk D cooperating with an annular'seat F secured in place by a nut U contacting with an annular flange U. The disk may be carried by an arm E pivoted at e upon the casing and swinging toward the eduction end of the by-pass to open the valve. The disk is shown as rotatably mounted upon its arm, it turning about 'a pin J projecting therefrom. About the pcriphery of "said disk are gear teeth T, with which may engage a pinion V carried by a.

shaft N rotatable in and longitudinally movable through a properly packed opening in thecasing. The turning of'the valve-disk by its gearing, enables the. contacting surfaces between it and the seat to be cleaned. This mechanism need not, however, be particularly described,.as it is not important in connection with the present invention.

Pivoted at a upon the valve arm is a link a swinging between stops e e projecting Be it known that I, ALBERT BLAUVELT, a

and a similar seat R-pivoted ate depending from .the upper portion of the casing, is interposed a spiral spring G which is normally somewhat under compression. At one side of the spring, projecting from the wall of the casing, is a curved abutment H, which, when the spring contacts therewith,

tion, this occurring whenever the lower. ex

in dotted lines at I.

leading from its contactj-surfacewitn the disk to an annular space or chamberv L This chamber communicates through a passage L in the casing with a pipe'M, ppen to the atmosphere but having in it an indr stance is in the form of a meter'M cient compression to'cause more than a norinal meter resistance to the fluid-flow, *said resistance being introducedvby thejby-pa'ss. In addition to the-force 'exerted by -the with the atmos here causes an excess ofstaticpressureon t e outlet side of'the valve or that toward the eductiou opening of the bypass, because of its greater efiective area, said excess pressure belng transmitted J-through said by ass. This d fierenti'alas a '-sists the spring n keeping the valve norproportional pressure'exmally closed, erted by the two and 'openingsand the like. The-meter K through and the meter to record it.

Upon an unusual rush of fluid through the system, as mi ht occur for fire-service, the

disk will be creed-away from itsseat by over that transmitted through it. The first from the arm laterally of the casing, havmg mounted pivotally at b at its upper' extremity a seat or socket F. Between F compels it to assume a laterally flexed positremity of the spring is situated as indicated,

In the valve-seat is a series of'passages formed between the seat and the flange U's-.--

charge occurs, and which in the present in-. I

v orces varying in accordance with the spring-tension, area of valve the impactof the fluid and by the excess of! pressure at the induction side of the by-pass eating mechanism through which any dis- In the operation of my invention, all-the elements are normally as shown 411 Solidlines in the drawing and the passa el'of the' fluid is in the direction indicate by/the. arrow. The check-disk is pressed-againstits seat by the spring, which is under sufli j .99 pring', the communication of the passages.

and bypass therefore offer a less resistance to flow than does the valve, and permitany normal consumption of fluid to occur there-',

'through the meter M.

flow will be in the form of a thin sheet and will exert an opening force ett'cctive over the entirearea of the disk, which is larger than that presented before the actual opening begins. At the same time the static ditferential due to the passages Q, entirely disappears, therefore any given water pressure capable of starting the disk from its seatwill immediately afterward have increased power to force said disk toward its fully open position, againstthe tension of the spring. As soon as'the pivot a has traveled somewhat to the right, the pivotal support of the socket 1*" will be at the left of a line joining the p vots a and 0, and the link a will be tee to leave the step c, with which it normally contacts, and move toward the stop 0, thus decreasing the distance between the pivots b ande and thereby lessening the etteetive resistance of the spring againstthe further opening movement of the valve. A very moderate fluid-pressure will thereafter cause the disk to rise to or approach the position shown by dotted lines.

imultaneousl'y with the unseating of the ,valve, fluid enters, the chamber L by the;

passages Q, and is discharged by the pipe M The flow alone will indicatethe exi tence'of a new condition in the system and calibrating the meter its reading will servc\as-a record of the length of time that the valve was open, -from which may be estimated the fluid passing through the system unmeasured by the normal service meter K.- a

The abutment H is designed to force the spring to assume suflicicnt lateral tleXurc to follow the downward movement of the disk after the augmented flow of water shall have ceased, and also to swing back the arm I) by a sudden impulse to return it to its initial positlon as soon as the disk shall have approached its seat. Contact between the disk and seat again closes the passages Q, stop- 'ping the flow through the detector meter M 4 nd restoring the system to its normal condition.

I claim:

1. The combination with a main conduit, of a by-pass opening therefrom, a valve situ- 5 ated in the main conduit andbeing provided in its seat with a passage, means for connecting the passage with the atmosphere, a spring for seating the valve, and connections between the valve and spring whereby the resistance of said spring is lessened as the valve moves from its seat. I-

2. The combination with a. main conduit, of a by-pass opening therefrom. a pivoted valve situated in themain conduit and being (it provided in its seat with a passage, means for connecting the passage with the atmosphere, a spring tor seating the valve, and

'a link joined to the valve and having a pivotal connection with the spring, the distance 65 between the valve and spring pivots decreasing during the opening movement of the valve. w i p 3. A meter system comprising a main con-" duit, a by-pass opening therefrom, a meter 70 in the by-pass, a casing included in theagain, conduit and being provided with a valve seat having openings. means for connecting the openings with the atmos 'ihere, a movable valve mianbcr pivoted to the casing and 7 eooperz'xting with; the seat, a spring,-a connection betwecnono extremity dithe -spring; i

and the casing, and a connection between the other end of the spring and the movable member. the connection between the spring S0 and valve being movable toward the valve. member pivot durmg the separation of said member from its seat. 1

ALBERT tLAUVEI/l.

\Vitnesses:

S. I). Ilium-2x, SrLvLt Brass. 

